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Description:
1847 copper slave badge with chamfered corners currently on exhibit in First Hall stamped, Servant No. 1348. This badge would have been worn by an enlsved person hired out to work as a house servant, washer woman or maid.
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- Date: 1847
- Dimensions: H-4.3 W-4.4 cm
- Makers Mark: No maker's marks
- Collection: Slave Badge Collection
- Object Name: Badges
- Other Name: Slave Badge
- Object Id: MG 186
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